[Tex/LaTex] List of symbols and abbreviations just as two columns

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I would like to make a list of symbols and abbreviations without using any special packages like nomencl and alike. What I would like is just left-aligned two columns once for the symbols and one for the abbreviations.

Should I start with the following?

\begin{flalign*}
Symbol_1 &: Meaning of Symbol_1 \\
Symbol_2 &: Meaning of Symbol_2
:
:
\end{flalign*}

Would be very grateful for any help!

Best Answer

You can use a list. With the help of enumitem package, you define a new list abbrv:

\documentclass{report}

\usepackage{enumitem}
\newlist{abbrv}{itemize}{1}
\setlist[abbrv,1]{label=,labelwidth=1in,align=parleft,itemsep=0.1\baselineskip,leftmargin=!}

\begin{document}

\thispagestyle{empty}

\chapter*{List of Abbreviations}
\chaptermark{List of Abbreviations}

\begin{abbrv}
\item[ADL]                   Activities of Daily Life
\item[AST]                   Alternate Step Test
\item[BMI]                   Body Mass Index
\item[CSFT]                  Cross Step moving on Four Stops
\item[DBN]                   Dynamic Bayesian Networks
\item[DFRAC]                 Demura's Fall Risk Assessment Chart
\item[EMG]                   Electromyography
\item[FEUP]                  Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
\item[FPRI]                  Fall Prediction and Risk Index
\item[FR]                    Fall Probability
\item[FRI]                   Fall Risk Index
\item[GDP]                   Gross Domestic Product
\item[GUGT]                  Get-Up-ang-Go Test
\item[LABIOMEP]              Laboratório de Biomecânica do Porto
\item[MEMs]                  Micro-Electromechanics
\item[MTC]                   Minimum Toe Clearance
\item[PCA]                   Principal Components Analysis
\item[PPA]                   Physiological Profile Assessment
\item[PPP]                   Purchasing Power Parities
\item[SMWT]                  Six Meter Walking Test
\item[STRATIFY]              Saint Thomas's Risk Assessment Tool in Falling Elderly Inpatients
\item[STST]                  Sit-To-Stand Test
\item[STST5]                 Sit-To-Stand Test with 5 repetitions
\item[SVM]                   State Vector Machine
\item[SWHSA]                 Smart Wearable Health Systems and Applications
\item[TUGT]                  Timed Up-and-Go Test
\item[USB]                   Universal Serial Bus
\item[USUST]                 Unstructured and Unsupervised Test
\item[WEFAPS]                Wearable Fall Assessment \& Prediction System
\item[WHO]                   World Health Organization
\end{abbrv}

\end{document}

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